Beater for mixing-machines.



H. READ. BEATER FOR MIXING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 4, 1910.

1,007,891 Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0..wAsl-nNnTON n c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY READ, 0F YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

BEATER FOR MIXING-MACHINES.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY READ, a citizen of the United States, residingat York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Beaters for Mixing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to the construction of whips or beaters formixing machines of the type disclosed in the application for a patentfiled by me on January 14th, 1909, Serial No. 472,290 and allowed July1st, 1910.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device of simple anddurable construction and one having flexible or yielding members sodisposed and arranged as to give way under tension and thereby not tobecome distorted in use.

The features of novelty embodied in my invention are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisspecification. For a better understanding of the invention, however, andthe advantages possessed by it, reference may be had to the accompanyingdrawings and descriptive matter in which I have illustrated anddescribed one of the forms in which my invention may be incorporated.

In the drawings: Figure 1 illustrates a front elevation of a whip orbeater constructed according to the present invention, Fig. 2 representsa vertical section of the same, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig.3 denotes a plan view.

As illustrated in the drawings, A represents the shank of the beater,constructed in the form of a sleeve, the central opening A of which isadapted to receive a vertically disposed driving shaft of a mixingmachine. The upper part of the shank A is slotted as shown at a, a, toengage lugs b, b, on the driving shaft B, as indicated by dotted lines,by which means the beater is caused to engage and turn with the shaft,and the lower part of the shank has a thumb-screw B for holding thebeater in position. I he lower part of the shank is also provided with aSpecification of Letters lPatent.

Application filed October 4,

flanged or enlarged portion A having a Patented Nov. '7, 1911.

1910. Serial No. 585,173.

circular series of holes a drilled through the flange and well into theshank, for the reception of the free ends of the beating members, andwith a groove A located between the flange and the body of said shank.

The whips or beating members C are formed of flexible rods bent orfolded to form loops, each loop crossing the path of the adjacent loop,and being held in position by the ends of the rods entering the holes aIn order to secure the beating members in position the ends thereof,after passing through the holes a in the enlarged or flanged portion ofthe shank, enter similar holes in the body, which form continuations ofthe holes a and are indicated at a. By this arrangement the free ends ofthe beating members are caused to bridge the groove A and by the actionof suitable dies they are upset or bent into said groove, as shown at C,thus forming a simple and permanent means for securing the beatingmembers in position.

While, in accordance with the provisions of the statutes, I have hereindescribed and illustrated the best form of my invention now known to me,it will be readily apparent to those-skilled in the-art that changes maybe made in the form of my invention, without departing from the spiritthereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is:

1. A beater for mixing machines, comprising a shank provided with anopening to engage a driving shaft, as also a circular series of holes toreceive the ends of beating members, together with a peripheral grooveintercepting said holes, and a series of flexible beating membersdisposed in the form of loops having their ends upset into said grooveto form a permanent means for securing the members in position.

2. A beater for mixing machines, comprising a shank provided with acentral opening to receive a driving shaft and a flanged portion havinga circular series of openings for the reception of beating memberstogether with a groove A", which intercepts said openings between thebody of the shank and the flanged portion thereof, and a series offlexible rods constituting beating In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

members disposed in the form of loops, the HARRY READ ends of which areupset into the groove at a Witnesses:

point C, for the purpose of securing the O. R. READ,

members firmly in position. LLOYD H. HERMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

